jrbeatty

Campervan toothbrush and toothpaste, same one I use on me. 

I prefer my gold like my oysters, au natural.   :)

At least you have detectable gold on your place Reg, unlike me  😞

I might have a swing anyway just to stay in practice - nothing to lose and could hit on a nice coin - Sovereign would be nice!

Loose batteries are a known SDC issue. Try wrapping tape around them so they fit tighter in the holder.

5 hours ago, tboykin said:

I'm curious what you think about following the path less-travelled to some of the smaller, less-popular districts

1 hour ago, Gold Hound said:

- and when I talk to the land holder and ask if anyone has been in there and they say 'No, no one ever goes in there' I get real excited.

Yep.  completely unknown and unworked areas are the go. These can lead to significant finds.

Even in a small populous state like Victoria (Aus) there are areas that have not been worked at any time in the past or present - and many miles from known gold fields. 

As Dale says, do the research and follow the geology. You will often draw a blank but when it pays off, it can seriously deliver:

Good result Norvic. Reinforces everything positive already stated about X Coils versus standard 👍

Here in Australia we get paid for gold in $AU, so a record high for us.

Call that a gold coin? 

This is a gold coin. :)   On display at the Perth Mint:

New record again. Nothing like a weak $AU. Woo Hoo! Chug a lug!!!  :)

Broke one drought anyway Steve. The other bastard will break eventually -

42 minutes ago, 2Valen said:

I have never seen it, but that is beautiful. I am out of likes until tomorrow sorry.

I gave it one of mine for you 2Valens  :)  Nice to see the odd decent US colour.

Gerry: All gold is good! 

Never had any luck finding gold coins. On the bucket list though -

Been using lipo cordless setups for years on GPX and QED. Only way to fly. 

Lightweight and very rapid vehicle recharge (10 minutes) with a balance charger. All available cheaply from Hobbyking or any RC shop.

Prefer headphones (I work mainly in winter) so use Sennheiser RS160 or TDK setup but (as Dale says) works with most speaker transmitter systems. Go lightweight cordless, never look back.

On 1/31/2020 at 3:08 AM, KD0CAC said:

Why the term record high ?

It's about $400 under the record .

But I am going to go look for more 😉

Record high in $AU. Good Hunting.

OK! Great idea Simon!! - er, what if you croak???

Nothing like the fear of a decent global pandemic to push gold along. Hope I'm not too dead to cash in  :)

1 hour ago, madtuna said:

Jeez JR!! That is dangerous terrain.

Must be hard keeping your mind focussed on those faint signals while also listening for that faint whistle of a golf ball heading your way! 

MT:

Luckily, some of the signals on that "golf course" weren't too faint  :)

You blokes think you have tough detecting terrain?

Some of the killer ground Reg and I have courageously struggled through over the years - - -

Quote

I came out here like many more

To pick up lots of gold;

If I greased my boots 'twould stick to them,

At home I had been told;

Charles Thatcher: "The Green New Chum"

http://www.cobbersbushband.com/green_newchum.htm

I let this 2 1/4 ozer sit in a paddock for two years once, thinking it was another of many shallow shotgun shells. I'll bet I've left a few more "junk" signals for someone else to find as well:

Useless Romans missed it - what have they ever done for us anyway?  :)

The Irony! This could start a reverse "rush" back to the mother country -  or not - - - 

I only paid money for my first (GT16000) after that, I traded gold for all my later detectors. 

The only exception was a Garret Infinium. I never found anything with that and quickly traded it for an SD2100. This (attached to Jim Stewart's 36" Bismarck") found an awful lot of big gold.

Haven't bought a detector for years now, mainly testing new QED prototypes for Howard. These always earn their keep very quickly.

Me as well. Sort of related:

When I first started detecting I Thought I'd be a smart*rse and sneaked into a well known rich paddock (Slip Up Lead at Tarnagulla) under the cover of an early morning fog. I latched onto a nice sub oz piece just as the fog lifted alarmingly quickly, leaving me exposed and stranded. 

The owner (Hedley Price) spotted me while feeding livestock nearby and quickly drove up beside me in his old ww2 "blitz" truck.

In a panic (and not knowing what else to do) I put my hands up in mock surrender.  Hedley (fortunately) saw the humorous side of it all and chuckled! I showed him the piece I'd just found, he wished me further luck and drove off.

Having learned my lesson, I've always asked permission from that day forward and rarely ever been refused.

Simon -

- and the same to you Jim and Merry Christmas to all here at DP forum. I wish each and every one of you success in your prospecting endeavours.

Personally, here in Aus, we farmers would be delirious if Santa bought a promise of 10 inches of drought breaking rain in the new year, (hopefully not all at once but past caring) Bring it on! 

Looks like I'm the only cat man:

"Tigga" (as a youngster above) is a bit of a homebody. He prefers keeping the bed warm from the inside during winter, snuggled up real close.

He's a big cat and loves catching rabbits, brings them through the cat flap and then consumes them, naturally, under the dining room table on ever ready strategically placed newspapers. There's nothing he loves more than being "bashed" with a rolled up newspaper, which he eventually shreds. He wouldn't have a clue about prospecting, and probably couldn't care less.

Always waiting for me at the door when I return from a days work. Meg tells me he frets when I'm away prospecting.

I've had a lot of close cat friends over the years and hopefully, some of them might put in a good word for me eventually - not that I'm religious - but you just never know eh? Karma and all that -